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For the first time since he shocked the world with a head-kick knockout of Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Gabriel Gonzaga walks into the octagon as an underdog. Gonzaga, who on Sunday faces the heavily hyped Junior Dos Santos at UFC on Versus 1 in Broomfield, Colo., shrugs off the label. In his mind, if Gonzaga takes [...] Ben Rothwell remains in Australia as he recovers from an illness that forced his withdrawal from a UFC 110 main-card bout this past weekend in Sydney. Duke Roufus, owner of the Milwaukee, Wis.-based Duke Roufus MMA and one of Rothwell’s chief trainers, told today MMAjunkie.com that his fighter was diagnosed with a case of “traveler’s flu” [...] (Image courtesy Mark Nolan Getty images) Dubbed as a sort of “Pride FC Reunion” event, UFC 110 featured three fighters who built forever-lasting legacies in fight rings all over the “Land of the Rising Sun.” And each one of them was fighting to prove that they still remain, in one way or another, a relevant competitor [...] Anthony “The Hippo” Perosh deserves lots of credit for stepping up on short notice but the Australian didn’t have enough to pose any threat to Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic in the first fight of the PPV portion at UFC 110. The ringside doctor stopped the fight between the second and third round because of a [...] Some fans thought it was matter of when, not if Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic would grab the UFC heavyweight title. A huge star with PRIDE in Japan from 2000-2006, Cro Cop has gone just 2-3 in the UFC and now because of his surly attitude he may be headed for the unemployment line. The Croatian was [...] Now this is getting frustrating. Kudos to the UFC for trying expand internationally but the shakiness of the news cycle around UFC 110 in Australia is proving this is still a very big world. It came down yesterday that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic’s fight against Ben Rothwell could be down the drain. That was until [...] Props: UFC.com Quoteworthy: “I actually said ‘no’ (to replacing Ben Rothwell) originally. I look up to Cro Cop and he’s a fellow Croatian. My parents are Croatian and I’ve actually been training the other Croatians appearing on this UFC 110 card. I then went and watched yesterday’s (Thursday) press conference and listened to the comment Dana White [...] |
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